Akademische*r Gesundheits- & Pflegemanager*in

Highly qualified managers are in demand

Population development, rapid progress in medicine, nursing and technology, increasing quality awareness in hospitals and nursing facilities, growing cost pressure and, last but not least, the increasing demands of patients and clients require highly qualified and competent managers and nursing service managers.

Continuing education relevant to practice

The Health & Nursing Manager course offers employees from the health and care sector a practice-relevant further education in order to be best equipped for the complex requirements in the management sector. Building on the basic course "Basic and Intermediate Nursing Management", this course serves as a subject-specific consolidation and scientific examination of practice-relevant topics in the health and nursing sector.

 

According to § 65a GuKG, this continuing education course is equated with the special training for leadership tasks in health care & nursing.

Info & contact

Your contact person

For questions about the study contact:

 

Nicole Bachmann
Administration CUAS Academy

+43 5 90500 7281
n.bachmann[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at

Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen in Kärnten

ECTS Credits
120

Training costs
€ 1.760,- per semester

ÖH-Beitrag
€ 24,70 / Semester (indexangepasst)

Degree
Academic Health & Nursing Manager

Duration of study
4 semesters with 1600 lecture hours

Form of organization
part-time

Language of instruction
German

Funding Opportunities

Find out about funding opportunities, for example at the AMS Kärnten.

Termine

  • Start of next year: March 2024 (Prerequisite: sufficient participants)
  • Application deadline: January 15, 2024

Ihre Ansprechpartnerin für den Kooperationslehrgang mit der EMG Akademie Graz:

Bei Fragen zum Studium kontaktieren Sie:

Sonja Dietrichsteiner 
Administration CUAS Academy

+43 5 90500 4302
s.dietrichsteiner[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at

Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen in Kärnten

ECTS Credits
120

Training costs
€ 1.760,- per semester

ÖH-Beitrag
€ 24,70 / Semester (indexangepasst)

Degree
Academic Health & Nursing Manager

Duration of study
4 semesters with 1600 lecture hours

Form of organization
part-time

Language of instruction
German

Funding Opportunities

Find out about funding opportunities, for example at the AMS Kärnten.

Termine

  • Start of next year: March 2024 (Prerequisite: sufficient participants)
  • Application deadline: January 15, 2024

Aim & content

The FH course academic health and nursing manager is aimed at employees from the nursing and health care sector who hold or aspire to hold a nursing service management or equivalent management position in hospitals, nursing facilities or retirement homes.

The aim of this FH course is to impart competencies that enable graduates to assume managerial functions within the meaning of Section 17 (6) of the GuKG or similar health care institutions.

Participation Requirements:
  • Current employment in the health and care sector
  • EDV - basic knowledge
  • Completed further education course for basic & middle management (basic course) or comparable education

Zentrale Inhalte

The focus of the training to become an academic health and nursing manager is on teaching leadership skills and social-communicative skills as well as on teaching specialist skills in the relevant disciplines, such as health and nursing sciences. 

Course focus:

 

  • Communication: communication and conflict management, presentation techniques
  • Health - Illness - Society: nursing and health structures, public health
  • Science and profession: nursing science and research, nursing organization, research praxeology, statistics
  • Leadership and management: Project management, staff leadership and staff development
  • Management and Applied Nursing Management: Economics, Business Administration, Quality Management, Management Concepts, Nursing Diagnostics
  • Thesis

 

Final examination:
The final examination consists of a final project (written thesis and presentation of the project to the examination committee) and a final colloquium.

Organization & dates

The FH course "Academic Health & Nursing Manager" comprises four semesters and is organized on a part-time basis. Weekend blocks allow the combination of study and work.

 

  • Start in March 2024 (Prerequisite: sufficient participants)
  • Application deadline: January 15, 2024

An average of 6 block courses are held each semester from Thursday to Saturday.

Termine für den Lehrgang in Kärnten:

  • Start im März 2025 (Voraussetzung: genügend Teilnehmer*innen)
  • Bewerbungsfrist: 31. Jänner 2025

Pro Semester finden durchschnittlich 6 Blockveranstaltungen jeweils von Donnerstag bis Samstag statt.

Termine:

  • 06-08. März 2025
  • 03.-05. April 2025
  • 08.-10. Mai 2025
  • 12.-14. Juni 2025
  • 26.-28. Juni 2025

 

Termine für den Kooperationslehrgang mit der EMG Akademie Graz:

  • Start im Oktober 2024 (Voraussetzung: genügend Teilnehmer*innen)
  • Bewerbungsfrist: 31. Juli 2024

Application

Entrance Requirements:

  • Current employment in the health and care sector
  • EDV - basic knowledge
  • Completed further education course for basic and middle management (basic course) or comparable education

For an application we need:

  • Application form
  • Curriculum vitae with photo
  • Certificate of graduation or diploma in copy
  • Proof of completion of "basic and middle management" or comparable training in copy

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Team

FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Klaus Wettl
Scientific Manager

 

+43 5 90 500 4118
k.wettl[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at

Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen in Kärnten

Ansprechpartnerin für den Lehrgang in Kärnten:

Nicole Bachmann
Administration CUAS Academy

+43 5 90500 7281
n.bachmann[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at

Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen in Kärnten

Mag.a rer.nat. Carmen Zernig-Malatschnig
Head of CUAS Academy

+43 5 90500 4313
c.zernig-malatschnig[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at

Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen in Kärnten

Ansprechpartnerin für den Kooperationslehrgang mit der EMG Akademie Graz:

Sonja Dietrichsteiner 
Administration CUAS Academy

+43 5 90500 4302
s.dietrichsteiner[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at

Hauptplatz 12
9560 Feldkirchen in Kärnten